Catching up and Two Ingredient Cookies

Sorry it has been busy over here!  We have been gone two out of the last three weekends and when we are go away now I always feel as if I am preparing to go and catching up for half the week.  Three weeks ago it was my Dad's 60th birthday so we all went to Vegas, my dad loves to play Blackjack and has never been.  It was an adults only trip so Savanna stayed with my in-laws.  I knew she was in excellent hands, but it was really hard to leave, I had serious mommy guilt.  As much as it was hard to leave, once we got there I was good and it was really nice for Chris and I to have some quality time :)

Two weeks ago we went down to Hopkins.  Chris is on a commitee and had a meeting and we went to the lacrosse game.  It is really nice bringing Savanna to Hopkins since it is where Chris and I met and both played. This was our 2nd trip down there this year.  It was cool to see how much she grew and how different she was in a month and half.  The first photo is from our first trip which was the first weekend of March and the second photo is from two weeks ago.

This past weekend we just stayed in the city which was really nice we since we have somewhere to be outside the city every weekend for the next month.  We have been really enjoying springtime in the city and going to the park a lot.  We first put Savanna on the swings two weeks ago and she was very unimpressed, but this past weekend she loved them!  We also came upon an impromptu mini concert last Friday afternoon which Savanna enjoyed.  

I have been fairly busy with orders as well, especially cake pops in the last week.  I have to organize my pictures, but I am hoping to get some of my favorite projects up later this week.  I have not been great about getting photos of everything :(  In the meantime I wanted to share these two ingredient cookies that I came across, just bananas and instant oats!  They are really easy, healthy and naturally, gluten, dairy and soy free.  I am not sure if they really qualify as a "cookie" but when I added a little dark chocolate they satisfied my a dessert craving (and Chris's :) ).  I made them two ways so far; one with dark chocolate and one with cinnamon, nutmeg and chopped walnuts which is more like a yummy breakfast cookie.  Next up I may try adding some peanut butter because I love peanut butter and banana.  

Two Ingredient Cookies and some add-ins.......

2 medium to large bananas (the first time I used defrosted frozen ones, the second time I used 1 old and 1 one just ripe banana and it didin't seem to make a difference

1 cup instant oats

Add-ins: 1/3 cup Chopped Dark Chocolate (for dairy free soy free use Enjoy Life Chips) or 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg and 1/3 cup chopped walnuts or whatever your heart desires

1. Mash your bananas.

2. Mix in oats until fully coated.

3. Combine your add-ins (make sure to not use too many add-ins because the cookies will not hold together well)

4. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes on a parchment lined cookie sheet.  

5. Enjoy! I made 12-15 medium cookies

5 Month Update

Where did the last month go????  Each month seems to go faster than the last.  We had a fun time with our cousins.  My youngest niece Monica seemed to take to Savanna the most which you can see from the pictures.  I think they will be little buddies/partners in crime in the future:) 

I enjoyed some quality time with my sister since we do not get it that often.  Her and her husband cooked an amazing feast for Easter!  I helped make some glazed carrot cake cupcakes with cute william sonoma cupcake liners and toppers. 

The only downer was a stomach bug went through the whole house.  Savanna even got it which was not fun.  Luckily she only threw up 2x but I had to fly solo for the first time with her the next day which was very nerve racking.  The Chicago flight was much easier than Aruba, partially because of distance and partially because of age.  She is entertained more now by things.  I laughed because I brought a whole bag of toys and all she played on the plane was was newspaper and my empty plastic cup.  At my sisters she played with plastic plates and cups haha. 

She has grown up a lot over the last month and can self play a little.  She rolled from back to belly for the first time at my sisters and the last few days she has been going back and forth a ton.  She seems to all of a sudden be moving around a lot more.  We are trying to work on sitting, but I think that may take a little while.  She likes to go straight to stand and you have to hold her hips down :).  We tried oats and she didn't seem to like them so we took a break and then she got the stomach bug so we are holding off of any other type of food to right before 6 months now. 

Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather!